Home is where the beach is (so long as I’ve got my UNIQLO down , anyway).
Beat the chill and the crowds. Here are some of the best things to do in Cape Town in winter that will keep the cold at bay.
Puma in the Snow -- Digital Print Winter / Nature / Puma / Winter Wonderland
Its embarrassing how much my rear has been in a cushy chair crocheting for the past few weeks. I was all set to just do one or two things, but then Juliana seems to have become just as obsessed with hook and yarn, so that the pair of us now just encourage it in the other. We crochet, we chat, we nibble, we repeat. I did leave the house once this week with all the girls to go shopping. But I bought a new pair of pajama pants and some knee socks. We know where that'll take me. One night our crochatting had us up till 4am. But we were finishing Christmas gifts. So that's excusable. Another night 2 am. Most nights after 12am. Then finally one night had us giggling so hard and trying to fit Whoppers in our nostrils so I told her that the next night she had to go out and spend time with people her own age. More mature than me. Anyway. I made a lion for my baby. His first word was ROAR. So they get along perfectly. I was inspired by the lovely Blabla line of soft toys and pillows (for years now). Simple and friendly. Also seen snuggling along here is a sweet single crochet blanket Juliana made while I was pregnant with Roman. And the reverse side of his crib quilt peeking out beneath it all. Once abandoned for more stimulating activity, this little cub has no trouble finding surrogates. A few lion specifics: Saffron & rust yarns are both Amy's organics, face details were radom wool or silk scraps. The face (and back) is just single crochet increasing in the round for a flat circle (I found an online tutorial to refresh my memory) and the mane is just a ruffley couple of rows of double crochet. I sewed a simple inner pillow using a solid cotton and inserted into the crochet cover when I was about 3/4 of the way around stitching the front to the back. The face details were just chain stitched on embroidery style using a giant yarn needle. That was my favorite part. More soon, xoox, Anna
Raise and lower Daniel in and out of the lions' den with this craft. Verse: So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and t...
Beat the chill and the crowds. Here are some of the best things to do in Cape Town in winter that will keep the cold at bay.
Updated Oct. 4, 2013: National Geographic photographer Steve Winter captures photo of P-22 mountain lion in Griffith Park. Read More “Scientists track cougar’s wild nightlife above Holl…
The Old Lion And The Fox by Aesop
A traditional Greek Giouvetsi (youvetsi) recipe made with orzo pasta, beef and a delicious tomato sauce. This is the perfect dish for your Sunday family dinner!
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National Geographic's 2013 Year in Review is a beautiful interactive site on which one could spend hours and hours exploring many of the most incredible scientific findings, technological advancements, space exploration, geopolitical stories, travel images, adventure scenarios, ancient worlds, human cultures, environmental happenings, animal photography and more from 2013. I've pulled 20 incredible images of wildlife, birds, insects, amphibians, sea life and reptiles from various categories of their year in review site as well as from their most shared stories of 2013. From Bears to Blobfish and Fornicating Lions in the Serengeti to Tadpoles underwater, here are my favorite 20 photographs of living creatures from National Geographic's stories in 2013: A camouflaged screech owl, masterfully disguised perched inside a woodpecker’s nest: An underwater shot of tadpoles swimming through a jungle of lily stalks in Cedar Lake on Vancouver Island: An Arctic Fox pup plays with a lemming carcass: Naturally neon-colored Katydids (thought to e caused by a gene similar to albinism): The Cassowary, a human-sized flightless bird found in New Guinea and Australia Rain Forests: Eurasian Otter in The British Isles: The Leaf-tailed Gecko is a new species found in March of 2013: Male lion mating with a female lion in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park: A Mountain-Lion (aka Puma or Cougar) living in the Hollywood Hills (photo by Steve Winter): The Pinocchio Lizard of Ecuador was thought to be extinct: Yacare Caiman Crocodilus in Brazil: A Brown Bear cub rests against a tree in a Finnish boreal forest near the Russian border: A songbird rescuer in Cyprus uses his saliva to remove sticky plum tree sap from a blackcap’s feather and feet, so that the bird can safely fly when released: Never revealed before 2013 is this beautiful photo, taken in 1967 by the famed photographer William Albert Allard, of American bison charging through heavy snow in Yellowstone National Park: Male lion eats his kill in the Serengeti while connecting eye-to-eye with the photographer at close range: A jaguar stalking and about to kill a caiman crocodile in Mato Grosso, Brazil: The Pacific blue sea star can regrow itself, so long as it has its central nerve ring intact: A gray mouse lemur, perched on a finger: And of course, the generally recognized "Ugliest Animal in the World"- the Blobfish: The final one is this incredible Grand Prize and Nature Winner photo from NatGeo's photo competition taken by Paul Souders of Seattle, Washington: above: A polar bear peers up from beneath the melting sea ice on Hudson Bay as the setting midnight sun glows red from the smoke of distant fires during a record-breaking spell of hot weather. The Manitoba population of polar bears, the southernmost in the world, is particularly threatened by a warming climate and reduced sea ice. See all the National Geographic photo winners from 2013 here Check out NatGeo's Year In Review site
